**A Monk of the Meadow** *By David Beers* How do I find my peace? Where do I go to pray? Where is the center of my being? What words...

A Life That Flows by David Beers I had a vision the other day: Looking down upon my life From high above A four-dimensional view. A...

Have You Seen Jesus Lately? Christ is risen. Crisis risen indeed.   Now we can say hallelujah— hallelujah to our heart’s content   We...

The Scandal of the Good News by David Beers   We always seem to forget the truth that was revealed that first morning.   Women—doing...

Holy Saturday: The Dark Between   Yesterday was tragedy. Tomorrow is celebration. And somewhere between the two— there is dark.   There...

Where Are We Standing —and What Are We Looking at This Weekend?   This weekend is a paradox. It is a celebration of sacred ritual, a...

The Heart of Love   The heart of love is so easily captured, Easily broken, and difficult to heal. The young believe their hearts immune—...

In the Beginning   In the beginning was… a spark of light, a singularity exploding, the power of a word, the manifestation of psychic...

The Lowest Rung The lowest rung on a ladder. The first step of the staircase. At first glance, these seem the obvious places to begin—...

Stop Running Why do we run? Why are we afraid? What do we think will happen? Can we escape our pain? Can we deny our suffering? Will the...

The Offering The Buddha said: The root of suffering is attachment. And how tightly we cling— to our place, to our power, to our polished...

Does the River Cry?   Does the river cry when it enters the sea? Does the ocean wrap her arms around it like a mother receiving a...

Manifesto of Fire, Light, and Earth  A Declaration of Resistance, Truth, and Unyielding Purpose  I have called upon the voices of...

Trump's Attack on DEI and the Dangerous Echoes of History   Recently, former President Donald Trump and his supporters have attempted to...

The sun's water never quenches thirst but can drown the soul, and the fire of the moon cannot warm the heart but burns in the mind; the...

Too fast the clock hands turn, how quickly the pages of the calendar fall, time out races the best of us. We experience life moving...

I am the storm Speaking with a voice of thunder, Charging the air with my electricity Cleansing the world with my tears, I am the...

Little by little The water boils Little by little The frog is cooked We pretend we don’t notice That the laws are changed That rights are...

Just the same as when he said goodbye. The door closed softly as he left  Behind him, the chaos and confusion reigned  No one looked...

On the Edge of Heresy Standing in the borderlands of faith. the mists of spirit swirl around me I look back on the road I traveled And...